Three kings poker

ABSTRACT

A hybrid method for playing Asian card game with Western card game method, Three Kings Poker is using 54 designed cards, 3 sets of 18 cards that is a special designed playing card of Chinese kings and characters and 12 animals, to provide variety betting spots for players using different strategy to win the game.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

This invention relates to Pai-Gow poker, Caribbean Stud and Texas Hold'm; More specifically, this invention is a new betting system that gives patrons more options to spread their bets on designated wagering spot. The traditional Chinese Pai Gow playing method requires players set the cards into two groups and win both groups in order to win the game; players place a blind bet before the five cards are dealt. Caribbean Stud retains the traditional five cards poker hand for player betting on the odds based on a payout chart and play the five cards hand against to house dealer's five cards hand or fold the hand; the house dealer's five cards has to meet a qualification, contains at least an ace and a king, in order to compare the five cards with player's five cards. Texas Hold'm draw poker allows players peek their own two cards, three community cards called flop, one community card called tune, then decide to continue play the game or not. Three Kings Poker is five cards poker game has all three features above.

BACKGROUND OF THE RELATED ART

Pai gow poker is played with a standard deck of 52 cards plus a joker. The dealer deals out seven hands of seven cards each. The players have the right to be the banker position, and the first hand deal to the player or dealer is depending upon the result of a random number generator, such as dice or an electronic device. The remaining of the hands is placed in the remainder of the player and banker positions in a clockwise direction. The player then arranges his or her seven cards into two hands, a two-card hand and a five-card hand, based on traditional poker ranking system where the five-card hand must be ranked higher than the two-card hand.

thus, the highest two-card hand is a pair of aces, and the highest five-card hand is five aces (the four aces and joker). After all players have arranged their hands, the banker turns his cards over and arranges them according to a fixed set of rules known as the “house way.” The player's five-card hand is compared to the banker's five-card hand and the player's two-card hand is compared to the banker's two-card hand. If there is an exact match between the five-card or two-card hands, called a copy, the tie goes to the banker. If the player wins one five-card hand or two-card hand and loses the other, a “push” results and no money exchanges hands. If the player wins both the five-card and two-card hands, she is paid even money, less a commission of typically 5%. If the player loses both the five-card and two-card hands, she loses the money wagered.

Pai Gow tiles is played with a set of 32 tiles. The dealer arranged 32 tiles to eight stacks of four tiles. The first stack is placed in a player or banker position depending upon the result of a dice roll. The remaining of the stacks is placed in the remainder of the player and banker positions in a clockwise direction. The player then arranges her four tiles into two pairs and places them face down with the higher-ranked pair placed horizontally and the lower-ranked pair placed vertically. Rankings are determined from a table of all possible combinations of two tiles. After all players have arranged their tiles, the banker arranges his tiles according to a fixed set of rules known as the “house way.”

The player's high pair is compared to the banker's high pair and the player's low pair is compared to the banker's pair. If there is an exact match between the high pair or low pair of player and banker, the situation is called a copy or tie. When tie is happen, the winning goes to the banker. If the player wins one pair and loses the other pair, a “push” resulted. If the player wins both pairs, she is paid even money, less a commission of typically 5%. If the player loses both pairs, she loses the money wagered.

Both Pai Gow poker and Pai Gow tiles do not provide patrons the optional wagering spot and choice of fold their hand or continue to play.

Sklansky U.S. Pat. No. 5,382,025 discloses a modification of Texas Holdem whereby players do not compete against one another and whereby players have the opportunity to select their two card hand from a plurality of hands dealt face-down.

U.S. Pat. No. 4,836,553 and U.S. Pat. No. 4,861,041 (both to Jones et al) disclosed variations which are collectively referred to as Caribbean Stud. In the preferred method of play described in the '553 patent, the game commences with each player placing a preliminary bet (“ante”) at a designated location on a table layout. The house dealer deals five cards to each player and to himself, all face down except for one card in the hand of the dealer. Having viewed his hand and assessed the chances, each player can elect to retire from the round at that point (to “fold”) in which event the player forfeits his amount of the ante to the house. The alternative is for the player to make an additional bet—typically prescribed by house rules to be double the amount originally anted—whereupon the dealer reveals his entire hand. Provided that the dealer's hand has a poker value of at least Ace-King, the game progresses with the dealer comparing his hand to that of each pair and paying or collecting bets as appropriate. Poker hands of two pair or better are rewarded by payment of better than even odds on such hand of a winning player.

In another variation of five-card stud poker for casino play, disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,901,858 (Andrews), it is carried out with one or more “royal” decks of twenty cards each—namely the 10's and face cards of each suit. Only three cards are dealt face down to each player and only two to the house dealer. One of the dealer's cards is displayed as a face-up community card for consideration by each player for use as the fourth card of the player's ultimate five-card poker hand. Having viewed his three cards and the community card, each player has the option of either standing on the “bet” wager which he initially placed on the game table or, if optimistic, placing a second (equivalent) “additional” wager on the “play” position and turning the three cards of the hand face up. The dealer then turns up the second of dealer's two cards as a second community card. The negative five-card poker hand of all players is evaluated and payouts are made according to a payout table.

The above poker games gave players more options to use as strategy.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The new invention, Three Kings Poker is a five cards poker game using 54 cards, three sets of 18 cards, each set contains a special designed card of Jade Emperor, Judge of Hell, magic mirror, Chinese kings, Chinese characters, sky and earth and 12 animals, such as, rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, chicken, dog and pig, to play a Chinese poker or traditional western poker card game by using a Chinese poker technique.

The designed cards are three of rank 1 named Jade Emperor, three of rank 2 named Judge, three of rank 3 named mirror, three of each Chinese characters, rank 4 named sky and rank 5 named earth, three of rank 6 named king, three of rank 7 named mouse, three of rank 8 named ox, three of rank 9 named tiger, three of rank 10 named rabbit, three of rank 11 named dragon, three of rank 12 named snake, three of rank 13 named horse, three of rank 14 named goat, three of rank 15 named monkey, three of rank 16 named chicken, three of rank 17 named dog and three of rank 18 named pig.

A set of cards contains one of the pictures of Jade Emperors, judges, magic mirrors, kings, animals and characters such as sky and earth from rank 1 to 18. Each set of 18 named cards have their own color; said, 18 cards from rank 1 to rank 18 are red, 18 cards from rank 1 to rank 18 are blue and 18 cards from rank 1 to rank 18 are yellow. The highest rank of Three Kings Poker is rank 1, Jade Emperor. The lower rank of Three Kings Poker is rank 18, pig. In traditional Chinese society, the color yellow is for Emperor, the color blue is for judge or officer and the color red is for ordinary people.

Three Kings Poker provides a flexible betting choice to the patrons with better odds return to them. First advantage is more betting spots, named 5 cards bonus, ante and play, for them to place their wager. Second advantage is the choice of fold the hand as the traditional poker card game to avoid losing more money on the hand they don't like.

The method of playing the game comprising, after a deck of Three Kings Poker playing cards shuffle by machine, players place wager on designed betting spot, ante, a mandatory wager in order to play the game, and 5 cards bonus, an optional wager, before the dealer start distributes the cards to players and himself.

There are two steps of disturbing the cards to players and house dealer. The house dealer deals three initial cards face down to the player who placing the wager on the ante and himself clockwise. The three cards can be predetermining by a shuffle machine or dealt by hand one at a time clockwise.

After viewed the initial three cards, players electing to (a) fold, or (b) place a wager on the play, a designed wagering spot to continue playing the game; dealer then providing two cards face down to the players who continue playing the game and himself clockwise. The total of five cards then has to set into two groups, a two cards group called low hand and three cards group called high hand. Player will get pay for the winning on five cards bonus based on the payout chart. Player has to compare the low hand and high hand with dealer's low hand and high hand in order to win the game or lose the game.

After viewed the five cards hand, player has to set the cards into two groups, a two cards group with low rank cards and three cards group with high rank cards. Players have to place low hand on the two cards wagering box and high hand on the three cards box. Then house dealer has to flap over his five cards and set up the five cards into two groups, a two cards group and three cards group according to the house way in order comparing the player's hand to the dealer's hands based on the ranking system of the game;

The five cards bonus is an optional side bet. The player who places an optional side bet wager, 5 cards bonus, will be pay based on the pay table if it wins or collect by the dealer. Players who want to play the 5 cards bonus have to have interesting playing the game, namely, ante and play.

Dealer has to set the cards according to house way; player can set the cards on their own way, but the rank of three cards group has to higher than two cards group.

Player has to win both two cards group and three cards group in order to get pay; 5% commission may be less from the winner; it depends on individual casino's offer.

If player won the two cards group and lost the three cards group, the hand is a push, there is no win or lose; no pay out and collection will be process. If player lost the two cards group and won the three cards group, the hand is push, there is no win or lose.

When there is a same rank of cards between player's two cards group and dealer's two cards group occur, dealer wins the hand. When there is a same rank of cards between player's three cards group and dealer's three cards group occur, dealer wins the hand.

If player lost the two cards group and push the three cards group, player is lost the game. The wager on both ante and play will be collect. If player push the two cards group and lost the three cards group, player is lost the game. The wager on both ante and play will be collect.

If dealer lost the two cards group and push the three cards group, the game is a push. The wager on both ante and play will not be collect. If dealer push the two cards group and lost the three cards group, the game is a push. The wager on both ante and play will not be collect.

If player push the two cards group and push the three cards group, player is lost the game. The wager on both ante and play will be collect. If player push the two cards group and push the three cards group, player is lost the game. The wager on both ante and play will be collect.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The Three Kings Poker playing card has a same size with standard playing card that is made of a piece of paper or cardboard; it is imprinted with a design on the front and back of the card and then laminated for strength. Each playing card is approximately 2.5 inches by 3.5 inches. 18 cards are yellow and marked from rank 1 to 18. 18 cards are blue and marked from rank 1 to 18. 18 cards are red and marked from rank 1 to 18.

FIG. 1 is a front view of six cards, three different jade emperors and three different Chinese characters, sky, embodying the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a front view of six cards, three different judges and three different Chinese characters, earth, embodying the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a front view of six cards, three different magic mirrors and three different kings of ancient China, embodying the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a front view of six cards, three different mice and three different cows, embodying the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a front view of six cards, three tigers and three rabbits, embodying the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a front view of six cards, three dragons and three sneaks, embodying the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a front view of six cards, three horses and three sheep, embodying the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a front view of six cards, three monkeys and three chickens, embodying the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a front view of six cards, three dogs and three pigs, embodying the present invention.

FIG. 10 is the layout of Three Kings Poker.

The back of card can be vary due to the factor each casino has their own logo and design.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

The invention Three Kings Poker is a playing cards with a playing method for playing a modified poker game; it is using numbers from 1 to 18 to label the cards. It is related to varieties of Chinese card games and tiles games, such as pai gow tile, Chinese poker and pai gow poker. Both western poker ranking system and Chinese pai gow tiles ranking system are involved in playing Three Kings Poker card game.

Chinese culture classified the whole world into different ranks. The jade emperor is the god ruled the world in the sky and earth. The judges of 18 hells are helping jade emperor to make verdicts on the people who had sin in their life after they died. Magic mirror is a tool of priest using to help people to get rid off evil sprit. The three kings are human, the rulers on the earth. The 12 animals are one of the counting methods related to Chinese calendar and time in ancient China. It also represents 12 main characters of human. The total of pictures and characters is 18 in a set. Three sets of picture of Jade emperor, judges, magic mirror, characters, kings, and 12 animals make a conventional deck of playing cards which is 54 cards in total. Each set has an assigned color, said, a set of red cards, a set of yellow cards and a set of blue cards.

Three Kings Poker card game combines the culture of Chinese ranking system characters and western technique of playing method of card games. The poker hands combinations in Three Kings poker included,

1. Royal Flush which refers to a five cards hand with the same color that includes rank 1—Jade Emperor, rank 2—Judge, rank 3—Magic Mirror, rank 4—Sky and rank 5—earth. 2. Straight Flush which refers to a five cards hand with the same color that includes five consecutive numbers. For example, rank 7—rat, rank 8—ox, rank 9—tiger, rank 10—rabbit and rank 11—dragon. 3. Full house refers to a five cards hand with three same characters and a pair—two same characters. For example, three of rank 7—rat and two of rank 9—tiger. 4. Three of a Kind refers to three same characters. For example, three of rank 11—tiger. 5. Flush refers to any five cards with the same color. For example, red rank 1—Jade Emperor, red rank 13—horse, red rank 14—sheep, red rank 15—monkey and red rank 18—pig. 6. Straight refers to a five cards with consecutive numbers regardless the color. For example, red rank 5—king, blue rank 7—rat, blue rank 8—ox, yellow rank 9—tiger and yellow rank 10—rabbit. 7. Two Pair refers to a five cards hand contain two sets of two same characters. For example, two of rank 15—monkey and two of rank 18—pig with any other card, 8. One Pair refers to a five cards hand contain one set of two same characters. For example, two of rank 16—chicken with any other three cards. 9. High Card refers to rank 1, jade emperor; rank 2, judge; rank 3, magic mirror; rank 4, sky; rank 5, earth and rank 6, king.

The method of playing Three Kings Poker is also applying to the standard 52 playing cards without jokers which contains four different suits named, spade, heart, diamond and club; each suit has 13 cards, such as ace, king, queen, jack, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3 and 2.

Three Kings Poker playing card can also using for other card games, such as three kings 21 card game, three kings memory card game, three kings match card game, etc, and educational lesson, such as a simple basic math skill training, for example, recognizes the numbers, counting numbers from 1 to 18, simple addition and subtraction, or multiplication and division.

Dealing Procedure Game Rules

Three Kings Poker card game is a five cards poker game using a deck of three kings poker playing card, 54 cards, or a deck of conventional standard playing card without joker, 52 cards, to play a two hands named, high hand and low hand, poker game.

There are three wagering areas named, five cards bonus, ante and play. Five cards bonus is an optional bet that is betting on the result of five cards. Ante is a mandatory bet for players to participate the game. Play is an optional bet that gives player a chance to fold the hand to avoid losing more money.

The maximum players are six; they can play against to house dealer or one of the players who act as banker.

Players shall place the wager on ante or ante and five cards bonus before the dealer deals the cards.

Players shall win both low hand high hand in order to win the game and get pay for wagers on ante and play.

Players will get pay for the wager on five card bonus based on the payable casino offer.

House dealer deals three cards to players and dealer self one at time by hand in three rotation or a predetermined three cards by the machine face down after machine shuffled the cards from the first player of dealer's left.

House dealer deals three cards to players, dealer self and banker one at time by hand in three rotation or a predetermined three cards by the machine face down after machine shuffled the cards from the first player of banker's left when one of the players acts as banker.

Allow the players look their three cards.

House dealer locks the wagers on the ante and five cards bonus of those players who fold their hand.

House dealer locks the wagers on the ante and five cards bonus of those players who fold their hand.

House dealer deals the two cards one at a time to the players and dealer self by hand in two rotation or a predetermined two cards by the machine face down.

House dealer deals the two cards one at a time to the players, dealer self and banker by hand in two rotation or a predetermined two cards by the machine face down when one of the players is act as banker.

Allow players look all five cards and arrange them into two hands, a low hand with two cards and a high hand with three cards; the ranks of the low hand shall lower than high hand.

Allow the banker look all five cards and arrange them into two hands, a low hand with two cards and a high hand with three cards; the ranks of the low hand shall lower than high hand.

House dealer opens five cards and arrange them into two hand, a low hand with two cards and a high hand with three cards based on the house way.

House dealer shall open banker's two hands and compare them to dealer's two hands.

Dealer shall compare banker's two hands to the players two hand univocally.

Dealer shall take or pay the looser and winner one at a time.

There is no flush and straight for two cards hand. The highest hand of two cards is Jade Emperor-Jade Emperor of Three Kings Poker playing card or ace-ace of conventional playing card. The lower hand for two cards hand is Dog-Pig of Three Kings Poker playing card or 3-2 of conventional playing card.

The highest hand of three cards is Jade Emperor-Jade Emperor-Jade Emperor of Three Kings poker playing card or ace-ace-ace of conventional playing card.

The lower hand for three cards hand is Monkey-Dog-Pig of Three Kings Poker playing card or 5-4-2 of conventional playing card.

House may charge 5% commission of winning when a player acts as a banker 

1. A method for playing Three Kings Poker comprising steps of playing strategies using 54 designed cards: Three Kings Poker is a five cards poker card game that players play against to house dealer; there are three wagering areas, named 5 cards bonus, ante and play, and two steps of playing, ante and play; 5 cards bonus is a side bet that players win the wager based on a payout chart; ante and play are the betting area for player play against to house dealer; players have to placing a bet or bets on designated betting spots, ante and 5 cards bonus or ante only or ante and play in order to participate the game; both player hands and dealer's hand are dealt three initial cards then two cards to finish the game; the five cards combination hands are corresponding to the Three Kings Poker ranking system or traditional poker hands ranking system; house dealer compares the hand to individual player's hand based on the ranking system of Three Kings Poker or traditional poker hands ranking system and determines who wins the game;
 2. The method of claim 1 further comprising: a) machine shuffle a deck of Three Kings Poker card after requiring each player to place wager on ante, a mandatory bet before the dealer deals the cards, to participate in a wagering game playing against a house/bank; b) each player optionally to place an additional wager playing the 5 cards bonus which is a side bet that is betting on the outcome of five cards; c) house dealer dealing a predetermined number of cards from a deck of three kings poker playing card to each player, said three cards; or deal the cards by hand one at a time clockwise; d) in order to receive the finial two cards, players have to place wager on play; each player has to decide placing an additional wager on the play, an optional betting area, to continue participate in the wagering game play against the house/bank or fold the hand, not place additional wager on the play; e) house dealer dealing a predetermined number of cards from the remaining cards in the deck or deal the cards one at a time clockwise by hand to finish the five cards poker hand, said two cards, to the player who decide to continue playing the game and dealer himself; f) make a comparison between each player's 5 cards hand and dealer's 5 cards hand, by using Three Kings Poker ranking system or traditional poker ranking system as the criterion for determining winning hands or losing hand; g). players have to place the wager on 5 cards bonus side bet before the three initial cards are dealt to players and dealer; players who fold the hand before the finial two cards are dealt also lose the wager on 5 cards bonus;
 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the predetermined number of cards, said three cards, are dealt face-down to each player one at a time first clockwise; or dealer deals one card at a time face-down to player and self clockwise;
 4. The method of claim 1, wherein the predetermined number of cards, said two cards, are dealt face-down to each player one at a time after players decide to continue to play the game and placed additional wager on the play; or dealer deals one card at a time face-down to player and self clockwise;
 5. The method of claim 1, players are allowed to evaluate their three cards first then decide if they want to play or not play the hand; after the wager is placed on the designed betting area, said PLAY, both players and dealer are dealt another two cards to continue play their hands; after five cards are dealt to both dealer and players, both player and dealer's five cards have to set into two groups, two cards group called low hand and three cards group called high hand; the rank of three cards group has to higher than the rank of two cards group; after the hands are properly setup, dealer and players compare their hands to each other and determine which hand is the winning hand; dealer's hand is arranged according to a house way into a high rank hand with three cards and a low rank hand with two cards; each player can arrange their hand according to their desire, but the rank of three cards group has to higher than the rank of two cards group; in order for player to win the game, the rank of player's low hand, two cards group hand, has to higher than the dealer's low hand, two cards group hand; and the rank of player's high hand, three cards group hand, has to higher than the dealer's high hand, three cards group hand; a player's hand is a losing hand if the player's low hand, two cards hand, has a rank that is equal to or lower than the dealer's low hand, two cards hand, and the player's high hand, three cards hand, has a rank that is equal to or lower than the dealer's high hand, three cards hand; in order to win the game, player has to win both low hand and high hand; the game is a push if the rank of player's low hand is lower than the rank of dealer's low hand and the rank of player's high hand is higher than the rank of dealer's high hand; or the rank of player's low hand is higher than the rank of dealer's low hand and the rank of player's high hand is lower than the rank of dealer's high hand; players who wagered on 5 cards bonus betting spot are paid or collected based on the amount of the wager and a table of the odds casino offer when they won; wagers are collected from those players who wagered on a losing hand or the players who decide fold the hand, not to continue play their hand; If a player's hand is a push, no wagers on ante and play will be collected or pay, except the wager on 5 cards bonus;
 6. The method of claim 1, the 54 designed cards are ranked from top to down, and have an individual name, such as, rank 1 is named Jade Emperor, rank 2 is named Judger, rank 3 is named Magic Mirror, rank 4 is named Sky, rank 5 is named Earth, rank 6 is named Man, rank 7 is named Rat, rank 8 is named Ox, rank 9 is named Tiger, rank 10 is named Rabbit, rank 11 is named Dragon, rank 12 is named Snake, rank 13 is named Horse, rank 14 is named Sheep, rank 15 is named Monkey, rank 16 is named Rooster, rank 17 is named Dog and rank 18 is named Boar; each named card has three different picture; there is 18 cards in a set, one of each named card from rank 1 to rank 18; each set has one of the three different picture from 18 ranks, each set has its own color; said, 18 cards are red, 18 cards are blue and 18 cards are yellow; the ranking system corresponding with traditional 5 cards poker hands will be royal flush, straight flush, full house, three of a kind, straight, two pairs, one pair, high cards and no high cards; the highest rank of two cards hand will be two Jade Emperors and the highest rank of three cards hand will be three Jade Emperors; the highest 5 cards hand will be royal flush, which is the same color of 5 cards contain Jade Emperor, Judge, Magic Mirror, Sky and Earth;
 7. The method of claim 1, the five cards bonus is an individual side bet that is betting on the outcome of five cards only, payers will get pay based on the odds casino offer; the wagering spots, ante and play, is the hand of player that has to compare to dealer's hand in order to win or lose; 